ataraxion | 009 video; PSA

[ Nathan (~~the hotter one~~) appears in the video feed looking, despite the last month, surprisingly better. There's exasperation in his tone, but warmth in his eyes. It's nice to have things vaguely back to normal. There is a long pause before he speaks. ]

To newcomers I would like to say welcome, to those of you who spent the last month sleeping while we were working our asses off out here, welcome back. Time for an update: as you may have heard, many of you have spent the duration of jump thirteen in the stasis pods. We are presently on jump fourteen, and spent the last thirty days with a malfunctioning network. Though certain childish individuals may want to make light of our situation, I feel myself tasked to inform you that Comms was not responsible for bringing the network back online, nor are any of us responsible for any of you waking up, though there was some discussion as to whether or not it was safe to enter the stasis pods at all.

Just last week we received a message through the emergency network. Now most of you will know that I'm not one to spread hysteria, and I'd appreciate it if any speculation on the matter was discreet, with attention to the fact that we are all confined here no matter our fears. We are stronger together. As usual, I would like to remind everyone not to go wandering off into unexplored corners of the ship, unlike certain people.

[ Now for a second Nathan just rubs at his eyes. The mask drops, and it's clear underneath it he's exhausted, but he slips back into his serious face before he speaks again. ]

Comms is down to almost nobody again. We need help down here, so if you feel like you could maybe lend a hand, report to 001. You'll find a sign up sheet on the door, that's how desperate things have gotten. People with skills in computers are the most useful down here, whether you were a hacker or created Facebook, whatever. But you know what? I didn't have a lick of skill with the things when I got here, and now I'm quite capable. If you want to learn something new, want to make your own encryptions or just spent a month or two getting to know the ship more intimately, then just show up.

In regard to learning something new, we've also once again lost our proposed teacher, so I'm drawing the line under all the debate over it. Starting tomorrow, and therefore three days of every week, I'll be running classes for kids under fifteen. We'll meet in the chapel in the oxygen gardens at 10am, and work things out from there. If anyone wants to offer their expertise, show up at the same time, interact with the kids, and we'll see how it goes from there.

So let me say that again: If you're under fifteen, you have the option of coming to classes three days a week. We'll be working on life skills, visiting the different areas of the ship, learning how to use the communicators, maybe even talking about self defense--and anything else you guys want to learn about.

Alright. I got one more question. [ A pause. ] Pet food. Who makes it?

[ Nathan disappears for a moment, but a second later he makes a quick addendum to this post. ]

Just reminding people that we have an electronic message board here that lets people know what's going on around here. I also, during the last month, had an opportunity to put a memorial book down in the chapel for people to leave messages to those who've been and gone. Feel free to fill either out if you have something to add.

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You know, that's a really good question.

Might want to find out before you try to teach anyone. Last I heard it had something to do with doing your own taxes.

[ A laugh. ] And I thought it was knowing how to get one of those plastic straws into a juice box.

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Maybe if they started putting coffee in those little boxes it might be more of a life skill. Pretty sure that one only applies to kids.

Well fortunately it's kids I'm teaching. Unless you're looking for a few life skill lessons of your own?

I've got more than I know what to do with.

Enough to spread around?

[ snort. ] Not the kind you're looking for.

Too bad. I'm sorry, I haven't properly introduced myself. Nathan Petrelli.

Proper introductions don't really matter when you're not even face to face. [ someone doesn't, and never will, like these damn comm devices. ] Angel.

Angel, huh. Nice name for a guy.

[ He's not laughing at you. Nope. ]

[ Angel'd be glowering if he wasn't too busy rolling his eyes. ] A name doesn't have anything to prove. It's the actions behind it that have to mean something.

[ says the guy who's changed his name twice but he doesn't have to mention that if he doesn't want to. ]

Tell that to my father. As far as he was concerned, my name was my ticket, and I had to live up to it, work for it.

[ He cocks his head over. ]

You obviously never had that problem.

You know what they say about assumptions, right?

I know what they say, but are you saying that you're an ass?

[ He shakes his head. ]

What is that accent? English?

[ Nathan, you're becoming a pain in his ass, but... that's sort of besides the point. Along with the fact that, dammit, he doesn't have an accent. ]

A little bit of everything.

Everything, huh. How does that work? A lot of traveling?

I've travelled through most of Europe. Pick things up everywhere you go.

Well alright then. Guess that explains that.

What do you do now?

I've been working at a law firm the past year.

You're a lawyer?

[ Seriously surprised. ]

Not really, no. I ran the firm, I didn't handle cases in a... judicial sense of the word.

So you had lawyers working for you?

Among other people. Wasn't really a job I would've picked out, but it was an offer. They made it kind of hard to refuse.

In my experience, jobs don't really get chosen. You get what you get. Death of the owner?

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